Trailer+1 trailer
Summary
Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 72GoodWatch 71
Audience score75%
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −21 min on the typical 109
typical 10988Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
1977
July 28, 1977
49 years ago
Genres
DramaFamilyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Australia
12 of 12
Directing · 1
- Henri Safran Director
Writing · 3
- Sidney L. Stebel Writer
- Sonia Borg Writer
- Colin Thiele Novel
Production · 2
- Matt Carroll Producer
- Jane Scott Associate Producer
Camera · 2
- Geoff Burton Director of Photography
- Ross Nichols Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Gerald Turney-Smith Editor
Sound · 1
- Michael Carlos Music
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